A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to ... more »

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Maggie's Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination--the home of Nory's sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America. Patricia Reilly Giff calls upon her long research ... more »

THE HOBBIT MEETS WIND IN THE WILLOWS Here is an enchanting fantasy for the young of all ages that only the Balrog and Mark Twain Award author, Ardath Mayhar, could have written. When Lindy and Bud, a sister and brother from the U.S.A., are forced to spend the summer on their uncle's English farm, they ... more »

The new kid at North Hill Academy cannot believe he is idolized as the next Sherlock Holmes by his roommate, until he heroically rescues a girl from a motorcycle gang. His confidence is a bit shaken, though, when he finds a student lying on her back in the snow--dead! more »

Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development ... more »

Enough games, the man said, raising the gun yet again. And enough of the Population Police, I say. This time he cocked the gun and aimed carefully. This is real, Luke thought. This is really going to happen. No, don't! he screamed. Luke Garner is a third-born in a restrictive society that allows only ... more »

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Product Info 4 stories: THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE LAZY BONES, PHIL'S FAIRIES, FLORIO AND FLORELLA, and BOREAS BLUSTER'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT. more »

9th Century Ireland, an age when Vikings dominated both the land and the sea. Like a plague they came and went: plundering, burning whole villages and taking prisoners to sell. Rooted in Irish folklore, The Silver Blade is also the story of 15 year-old Breehan McHugh who has lost his father to these ... more »

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Ryan and Kelley think that being teamed up for a school science project will be a disaster. Ryan is too busy constructing his living dinosaur village to waste time on a boring university fossil dig. And Kelley, who wants to prove herself to her scientist father, fears that Ryan's wild imagination could ... more »